bleak winter
...Yay! Some cold at last, and even a dusting of snow.
We moved back into the dorm—braving knife-like breezes—yesterday.
It was bracing and heroic - do I want it to warm up?
That’s a hard no.
let’...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
wintertide, beauty, humor, school, student,
Form: Rhyme
Winter
...I awoke to find
that Jack Frost had paid a visit
to my bedroom windows
for the very first time
this Winter.
If only I had seen him at work
I would have thanked him
for decorating
...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
wintertide, introspection, metaphor, nature, seasons,
Form: Free verse
Wintertide Touch
...Conifer, fruit tree's arms once did flow
laden with hued blossom, now gesture
to weight of lace ornamental snow.
Wintertide touch mystique blithe spirit.
Discordant weighty clouds draw down l...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
wintertide, winter,
Form: Roundel
Winter Widow Wordplay
...whimsical windswept whiteness
wedding weekend wanderlust
willowy wonderland waltz
wrongfully weathered woe
wintry wishful whispers
wrestling woodland wintertide
welcome waxen wallflower
wee...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
wintertide, death, evil, grief, heartbroken,
Form: Alliteration
Brainstorm
...a diabolical grace ...
dark, deep, warm-black arms of
an endless night wrap me ...
head thrown back in abdication -
arms spread wide in surrender,
falling backward, back, back, onto a
hard do...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
wintertide, abuse, addiction, analogy, introspection,
Form: Free verse
A Cathartic Weave of Three
...
listen,
the whispers
of leaves
turn colour
autumn is here.
now that you are gone
who will wake every morn
to lift the sun
unveil the sky
etch in the clouds
who will pai...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
wintertide, break up, celebration, devotion,
Form: Free verse
My Wintertide
...Jack Frost, Old Man Winter
hibernation not allowed
a camouflage of mask
and cloak, a guise that is
only window dressing
as I wander through
my wintertide.
This season in my
life passe...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
wintertide, heartbreak,
Form: Free verse
Wintertide
...the silence of the night is stirred by strong pulses
from the north that cut across the moonlit ocean
the waters shimmer and gleam like gold, as nature
begins her perpetual motion,
an increased ...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
wintertide, earth,
Form: Classicism
Any Old Poem Contest: Echoes and Whispers Uncut
...listen,
the whispers
of leaves
turn color
announce
autumn is here.
touch,
the echoes
of the rain
that waters
and blossoms spring.
taste,
uncut
the snow shapes
the crisp cold
ices t...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
wintertide, autumn, senses, spring, summer,
Form: Free verse